Copy of an Engraving by Stubbs. George Frederick Watts (1817−1904). 1831. Black pastel on wove paper. 288 x 370 mm (11 3/8 x 14 9/16 inches). Signed lower left: "Geo. F. Watts Del. Sep. 1831." Inscribed v in Watts's own hand: "A copy made by Signor aged thirteen"; another hand: "He remembered copying the print stroke for stroke." Initialled by Ronald Chapman. Probably a copy of an engraving after Stubbs. [Click on the images to enlarge them.]
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Bibliography
Crowther, Paul. Awakening Beauty: The Crowther-Oblak Collection of Victorian Art. Exhibition catalogue. Ljubljana: National Gallery of Slovenia; Galway: Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, 2014. No. 139.
Created 12 January 2015